Initial staging included oesophagoscopy with biopsies, chest and abdominal computed tomography (CT scan) and endoscopic ultrasound.
Initial staging showed 75%and25%5% stage II and III tumors, respectively.
Initial staging will usually be with CT with MRI reserved for problem areas.
Initial staging comprised clinical examination, bilateral mammography, echography, chest X-ray, liver echography or CT scan, bone scintigraphy.
Initial staging comprised a complete clinical examination, mammography and ultrasound; histological diagnosis was mandatory for the primary tumour and nodes.
Initial staging: an extrapancreatic tumour and a pancreatic mass or enlargement were detected at the same time.
Initial staging of NSCLC is highly associated with the choice of treatment and prognosis of the patients.
If PET is obtained for initial staging, pathologic confirmation is required for lesions that result in up-staging.
Tongatapu, Dr. Burley concluded, "probably served as the initial staging point for population expansion" to other islands of Tonga and into Samoa.
At the initial staging point of Khan al-Assal, a few miles outside Aleppo, buses and pickup trucks delivered those lucky enough to have escaped.
This study was performed for initial staging.
